Veteran Nollywood actor, Dele Odule, has debunked viral rumors of his death. The rumors of the actor’s death recently went viral on the internet. Reacting to the news in a video shared on his Instagram page, Dele Odule said he is very much alive. The actor, while expressing his disappointment and frustration at the reports, said, “There is nothing wrong with me, I’m very much alive. I don’t know why someone would wish me dead. “This is uncalled for, barbaric, and not fair.” Odule, who also addressed another report of his arrest over child molestation, questioned the motives behind the…
Author: Abimbola Ogunaike
No fewer than five people have been confirmed dead, and many others injured following a gunpowder explosion at the Talata Mafara market in Zamfara State on Tuesday, 18 February, 2025. The explosion, which occurred around 11:30 am, reportedly injured more than 50 traders and customers in the section of the market where locally fabricated guns are sold. It was gathered that the blast originated near a blacksmith’s shop. According to an eyewitness, Muhammad Aliyu, “The explosion happened at the blacksmith’s tent in the market. I was very lucky—I had just left the area when I heard the explosion, and then…
The Chairmen and Councillors elected in the October 15, 2022, local government election in Osun State on Wednesday, 19 February, 2025 resumed in about 14 LGA secretariats in the state. It was gathered that chairmen and councillors, accompanied by many APC members, have resumed at Ila, Ede South, Ife Central, Ife East, Ife North, Ilesa East, Ilesa West, Boripe, Oriade and Obokun local government secretariats. Others where they resumed are: Ejigbo, Iwo, Ayedire and Boripe local government secretariats. Commenting, ex-Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Jamiu Olawumi, said at about 10am, the chairmen and councillors resumed at 14 local…
A Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo has turned down the request of the embattled National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Samuel Anyanwu, to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC from giving effect to his removal as Secretary of the party. Rather, the judge ordered Anyanwu to put INEC and other defendants in his new suit on notice to appear in court to enable him to hear their sides. Anyanwu, on Wednesday,19 February, 2025 approached the Federal High Court with an ex-parte application, praying the judge to restrain INEC or…
The Nigerian football governing body, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has secured a house in Abuja for Super Eagles head coach, Eric Chelle. According to SCORENigeria, the house rented for the gaffer is in a highbrow estate in Asokoro. The NFF wants Chelle to live and work in Nigeria, which was not the case with the Super Eagles’ previous foreign coaches, Gernot Rohr and Jose Peseiro. The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has secured a house in Abuja for Super Eagles head coach, Eric Chelle. According to SCORENigeria, the house rented for the gaffer is in a highbrow estate in Asokoro.…
Omowunmi Aloba, widow of late Nigerian music star Mohbad, has raised an alarm that her life and that of her one-year-old son, Liam, are in danger. Omowunmi, who made this disclosure while speaking in a recent interview with media personality Chude Jideonwo, claimed that she receives death threats almost daily. She also alleged that she had been attacked by her late husband’s former boss, Naira Marley, and his cohorts. According to her, she is also facing stiff opposition from her father-in-law, Joseph Aloba, whom she claimed is seeking to control the late singer’s properties. “We no longer feel safe. I…
Billionaire singer Rihanna has broken her silence after a Los Angeles jury found her partner, A$AP Rocky, not guilty of assault with a semi automatic firearm. The hip-hop star faced two felony counts of assault with a semi-automatic weapon, stemming from a 2021 altercation with his former childhood friend, Terell Ephron, aka A$AP Relli. Rihanna erupted in tears as the not-guilty verdicts were read out on Tuesday, 18 February, 202 after a three-week trial. A$AP Rocky then ran over to hug the music superstar and family members. Rocky dived and embraced his lawyer, Joe Tacopina, after the verdict was read.…
Famous Nigerian singer, Ayra Starr, was the joint top winner at the 2025 MOBO Awards held at Newcastle’s Utilita Arena on the night of Tuesday, 18 February, 2025. The Mavin singer snagged two awards at the glitzy ceremony; Best African Act and Best International Act. She beat stiff competition to win Best International Act, triumphing over music heavyweights Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, Kendrick Lamar, Megan Thee Stallion, Tems, Asake, and Tyla. She also defeated Asake, Rema, Tems, Burna Boy and Tyla to win the Best African Act award, becoming the first female winner of the category in 16 years. British rapper,…
Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), has accused the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun of planning to assassinate the Governor of the state, Ademola Adeleke. The ruling party in the state also accused the IGP of attempting to destabilise the state through orchestrated violence. The Osun PDP Chairman, Sunday Bisi, who made the allegations during a world press conference in Osogbo on Wednesday, 19 February, 2025, claimed that Egbetokun had deployed Police Special Forces to escort miscreants into local government council secretariats in a bid to cause unrest. The allegation is coming amid the ongoing local…
The Federal Government has asked an Abuja Federal High Court to compel cryptocurrency platform, Binance, to pay N79.51 billion and N231 million, which is equivalent to $81.5 billion, as penalty for alleged economic losses caused by its operations in Nigeria. The plaintiff, the Federal Inland Revenue Service, in a charge on Wednesday, 19 February, 2025 marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1444/2024, is also seeking payment of $2.001 billion in income taxes for 2022 and 2023. In the lawsuit, Binance and two of its executives, Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, are accused of contravening Nigerian laws, including failing to register with the country’s tax agency,…